Window-jack.



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0. W. SANDHULIVI.

WINDOW JACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.23. 1915.

Queens and State of New York, have intit iM ne.

WIND OW-J'CK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1216.

Application tiled November 23. 1915. Serial No. 62,959.

Zio all whom it may concer/n.'

Be it known that l, OSCAR W. SANDHOLM, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Rockaway Beach, in the county of vented a new andImproved Window-J ack, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to seats and particularly to a window sill seator jack, and has for an lobject the provision of an improved arrangementwhereby the same may be applied and removed quickly and when applied beheld against accidental removal.

Another object in view is to provide a seat or j ack of the characterdescribed which may be placed on substantially any sized window andadjusted to properly clamp the same.

. ln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective. view of alseat or jack embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsection through part of the wall and window frame together'with part ofa seat or jack disclosing an embodiment ofthe invention, the sectionbeing substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section through Fig. 2 online 4 4; Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 2on line 5 5; Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through Fig.2 on line 6-6. Y-

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 17 indica-tes a bodywhich may be of metal or other suitable material and which. is providedwith slots Y18 and 19 .accommodating the bolts 20 and 21, which boltsextend through the body and also through a sliding bar 22. Wing nuts 23are provided so as'to clamp the bolts 20 and 21 in any desired adjustedposition. Each of the bars 22 is provided with a hook 24 at one end, asshown'more particularly in Figs. 1 and 2,'for hooking over the stool 7of the window. rlhe bolts 20. and 21- are preferably adapted to passthrough small apertures in the respective bars 22,'l while a guiding andclamping bolt 25 passes through the body 17a slot 26 in bar 22 andthrough a turnedover end 27 of each of the supporting runners 28. Asshown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6,

` which guide may be soldered or otherwisethe bar 22 fits in an,inclosing guide 429,

rigidly secured to the body 17. lin addition to runner`28 which restsupon the sub-sill 13 is an auxiliary runner 30 resting on thesill 16 sothat there will be no appreciable Weight directly on the bars 22.

By adjusting the bolts 2O and 21 the device may be adapted to windows ofvarious sizes and may be properly clamped in position by the hook ends24 and the screw members 14. The bent-over portion 27 of runner 28 isheld in place by bolt 25 and also, if desired, by being soldered to theguide 29, while the auxiliary runner 30 may be held in place by solderif desired. However, the same is clamped in position together with theguide 29 by a clamping band 31.

By arranging a jack or seat of this character an ample support isprovided for a person when cleaning the outside of windows or whenoperating on the outside of windows for any other purpose, as forinstance, painting or puttyin'g the parts of the window sash.

What lt claim is:

1. In a window cleaning seat of the character described, a body providedwith a pair of slots therein, a support therefor having a runnerengaging the sill adjacent the window frame for supporting the outerpart of the body, a pair of slidable bars arranged beneath said body andoverlapping part of the window sill, a bolt extending through each ofsaid bars and through the slots of said body whereby the bars may beclamped at any desired position, and a hook member arranged on the freeend of each of said bars, said hook members being adapted to be hookedover the stool of the window, and an adjustable member arranged on saidrunner and acting against said runner and the window 'sill for holdingsaid hook tightly against said sillwhereby the hooks will hold theentire seat in position. Y

2. ln a window cleaning seat of the character described, a body providedwith a pairl of slots therein, a support therefor comprising an innercomparatively low runner Afor supporting one edge of the body and anouter comparatively high runner engaging the sill adjacent the Windowframe for supporting the outer part. of the body, a pair of slidablebars arranged beneath said body, a bolt extending through each of saidbars and through the slots of said body, whereby said bars may beclamped at any desired position, and a hook member arranged on the freeend of each oi said bars, said hook members being adapted to be hookedover name to this specification in the presence of the stool of theWindow, and an adjusting two subscribing witnesses. member arranged' onsaid outer runner, said l adjustable means acting against said outerOSCAR W' SANDHOLM' runner and the Window sill for holding saidWitnesses:

hooks tightly against said sill. FRANS NIEMINEN, In testimony whereof Ihave signed my EDWARD F. CLoss.

